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Women in Mexican Folk Art

Of Promises, Betrayals, Monsters and Celebrities

Author(s) Eli Bartra

Paperback - £14.99

Language: English

Genre(s): Art and Music

Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies

December 2013 · 256 pages ·216x138mm

· Paperback - 9780708323649
· eBook - pdf - 9781783160747
· eBook - epub - 9781783160754

About The Book

The aim of this book is to engender Mexican folk art and locate women at its centre by studying the processes of creation, distribution, and consumption, as well as examining iconographic aspects, and elements of class and ethnicity, from the perspective of gender.

About the Author(s)

Author(s): Eli Bartra

Eli Bartra is a philosopher and forerunner in research on women and folk art in different parts of the world but particularly Mexico. She co-founded the Women, Identity and Power area of the Department of Politics and Culture of the Autonomous Metropolitan University Xochimilco in Mexico City.